Now the former Florida Gator is denying a report that indicates he asked out of the Jets' Wildcat formation.

"When people are talking about how you play football or how much, that's one thing, it really doesn't bother me," he told Jets.com. "I think the only thing that has been disappointing for me these last few days, and frustrating, is the people saying, 'Oh, you quit on the team' or 'You're not a good teammate.' I think that's disappointing. You ask the people that I've played with, and I take a lot of pride in that, you ask the people that I've played with, my teammates, the people around me, and they know I'll do anything for my teammates. I would go out there and play my heart out, be the first one at practice, the last one to leave, do whatever I can for my teammates.

"For people to not know the situation and loathe something, then start to bash your character, and say, 'You're phony' or 'You're fake' or 'You're a hypocrite,' I think that's what's disappointing and that's what's frustrating because it's a football game. That's one thing, if you're good or bad at football, but your character, your integrity, that's who you are as a man, and that's a lot more important. I think that's what's disappointing for me and frustrating because I take that way more seriously than I'll ever take a football game."